Apparatus for rinsing and airing casks.



I No. 881,575. PATENTED MARQlO, 1908.

c. GULKB. APPARATUS FOR msme AND AIRING GASKS.

I APPLICATION FILED MA Y 26. 1906.

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'PATENTED MAR. 10, 1908, (LGULKE. I APPARATUS FOR RINSINGAND AIRINGGASKS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 26, 1906.

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neer, residing at Ohenmitz,,Germany, Fab- .tion and partly-in e UNIT DSTA I GARL'GI lIiKE, OF CHEMNITZ, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO MASCHINENFABRIKGERMANIA VORM.

J. S. SGHWALBE & SOHN, OF CHEMNITZ, GERMANY.

v APPARATUS FOR RINSING AND AIRING OASKS.

one. 881,575.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented March 10, 1908 Applicationfiled may 26, 1906, Serial No. 318,965.

To all whom it may concern: Q

Beit known that I, CARL GIJ'LKE, engirikstrasse 7, l1ave inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Rinse ing and'ring' Oasks; and clare the following to be a full, clear, and

it'appertains'to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an apparatus for treating casks and,articularly for rinsing the same, first, with cold water and thereafterdrying by blowing air through the same. I

The invention, as

claims, will be understood from 'an ins ec. tion of theaccompanying'drawing-in w ich a preferred embodiment of the same isshown and'inwhich; I

Figure llis a view jlpartly in vertical secratus with a cask inposition, Fig-2 is a p an View, and, Fig; is a horizontal sectionthrough'the centralf ortion' of the apparatus on the line A+ of Fig, 1;

Upon asuitable. foundation is arranged a circular guide rail1,f'o'rming, the outer boundary of a water channel 2 provided with anoutlet'3. To the inner wall of-the water channel is secured a girder 4which extends diametrically across" the space in- .35' L 116L718 arracludedwithin said inner wall. 0 this girder at a central point of thewater chaned a fixed bearing'bolt 5 which serves to ho d in fixedrelation to the girder, a stationary multi chambered or multiway valveplug 6, a screw 7 holding these parts in fixed position. As shown, thisvalve plu is provided with three ways,

25, 26-an 27 fed respectivelyby a hot wa-' ter pipe 15, a cold waterpipe 16 and an air pipe 17. a

A rotary valve casing 18' surrounding the stationary valve plug .isprovided with four poirts,each leading by way.of a distributing pipe 8to. a nozzle 9 arranged centrallyof a earing on 19 upon which the caskis to be laced wit the nozzle 9 projecting into its mterior. A drainpipe 12 leads from the bearing cup 19 to a position above the circularwater channel 2.

About the bearing bolt 5 upon the girder is arranged a cup 23 having anouter r1m'24 I do hereby dehot'and then with hereinafter more fullydescribed and as particularlyset out 'in the evation of the .appa

Es PATENT orruon and an inner elevated portion 30, the latter I servingas a foot step bearing'for the rotary valve casing 18. The stationaryvalve plug 6 is provided with a fourth chamber 28 which drainsinto thecup 23.

A circular rack" 10 connects the several dpipes 8 near their outerexdistributing ,tremities an within this rack and prefer ably beneath thedistributing pi' es are ar: ranged anti-friction members suc as wheels11 which run upon the guide rail 1 as the distributing pi es and thecasks carried thereby revolve wit the, rack 10 .driven by the worm 13 onthe drive shaft 14 runmn in bearing1 20 and 21, power. being supp%iedthroug the. pulleys 22,: a

' The 0 eration of the device is as follows: The rac with its adjunctsbeing vdriven in the ,direction indicated by the arrow Xjof Fig. 3, acask is placedupon the bearing cup i- 19'of the pipe 8 shown atthe'lower edge of ,said Fig. 3, said pipe being'at the time out ofcommunication with the ways of the valve plug. As the apparatusrevolves, the said pipe comes into communication with the plug chamber25, and during its passage through about 100 degrees remains in communication therewith and receives hot water fed bythe pipe '15, thewater beingsprayed upon the interior of the cask by the nozzle 9 andrunning off through the bearing cup 19 and the. drain pi e 12.Thereafter the i e and its cask reach a position at the top of tliefigure, coming intocommunication with the plug chamber 26 supplied withcold water from the pipe 16, the water being introduced to and drainedfrom the cask 1n the same manner as was the hot water, but during ashorter period being approximately 80 degrees of travel.- Thereafter thecask through itsdistributing pipe 8 is brought into communication withthe chamber 28 and any water collected therein is drained off into theWVith the apparatus shown, four casks are treated at the same time,being placed in position and removed in succession, one being removed.While the one immediately following is draining and the other two arebeing treated with hot and cold water respectively.

The arrangement of the circular water channel and the central drain cupwith the rotary valve casing bearing thereon and inclosing a stationarymulti-way valve plug having certain of its ways or chamberscommunicating with the revolving distributing pipes and certain other ofitschambers draining into the central cup is a construction which hasevery advantage from the view point of simplicity, efficiency, cheapnessand compactness.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new is:

1. In an apparatus for treating casks, the combinationwvith a stationarymulti-chambered valve plug, of a rotary valve casing provided with portscorresponding in number to the plug chambers, distributing pipesconnected with the ports, bearing cups arranged on the outer pipe endsto support the casks,

drain pipes leading from the bearing cups, I

and means to rotate the valve casing.

2. In an apparatus for treating casks, the combination, with astationary multi-chambered valve plug, and leading pipes leading tocertain of the plug chambers and a drain pipe leading from certain ofthe plug chambers, of a rotary valve casing provided with portscorresponding in number to the plug chambers, distributing pipesconnected with the ports, bearing cups arranged on the outer pipe endsto support the caslis, drain pipes leading from the bearing cups, andmeans to rotate the valve casing.

3. In an apparatus for treating casis, the combination, with a circularg-uide rail, a girder bridging the space inclosed by the guide rail, adrain cup formed on the girder centrally of said space, a stationarymultichambered' valve plug mounted centrally of the cup upon the girder,feeding pipes leading to certain of the plug chambers and a drain pipeleading from certain ofthe plug chambers to the drain cup, of a rotaryvalve casing mounted around the valve plug and centrally of the draincup, said valve casing" provided With ports, distributing pipesconnected with the ports and revolving with the valve casing, bearingcups arranged on the outer pipe ends to support caslrs, drain pipesleading from the bearing cups, a circular rack connecting thedistributing pipes, and

means to drive the rack and wheels carrying the rack and traveling onthe guide rail.

4. In an apparatus for treating caslrs, the combination, with a circularguide rail, a water channel hounded thereby, a girder bridging the spaceinclosed by the guide rail, a drain cup formed on-the girder centrallyof the said space, said cup having a central elevated portion, astationary multi-chambcred valve plug mounted centrally ol' the cup,feeding pipes leading to certain of the plug chambers and a drain pipeleading from con tain oi the plug chambers to the drain cup, of a rotaryvalve casing mounted around the valve plug upon the eh; ated drain cuppor tion as a foot step bearing and provided with ports, distributingpipes connected with the ports and revolving with the valve easing,bearing cups arranged on the outer pipe ends to support the cas s, drainpipes leading from the bearing cups to points above the water channel, acircular rack connecting the distributing pipes, a worm to drive theracl and wheels carrying the rack and traveling on the guide rail.

In an apparatus for treating cashs, the combination, with a circularguide rail, a water channel bounded thereby, a girder bridging the spaceinclosed by the guide rail, a drain cup formed on the girdercentrally oithe said space, said cup having a central ele vated portion, astationary multi chambcrcd valve plug mounted centrally of the enfeeding pipes respectively for warm and co d water and air leading tothree of the plug chambers and a drain pipe leading from an other of theplug chambers to the drain cup, of a rotary valve casing mounted aroumlthe valve' plug upon the elevated drain cup portion as a foot stepbearing and provided with ports corresponding in number to the plugchambers, distribu ting pipes conneetml with the ports and revolvingwith the valve casing, said distributing pipes terminating in nozzles,bearing cups arranged about the outer pipe ends to support cashs withthe nozzles therein, drain pipes leading from the j bearing cups-topoints above the water channel, a circular rack connecting thedist-ributlng pipes to drive the rack, and wheels naring the rack andtraveling on the guide rail.

In testimony whereof Iallix my signature in the presence cl twowitnesses.

FREDERICK J. DEE'IZMAN, BRUNO W ALZ.

